Pylam Dyes

What Pylam Dyes does

Pylam Dyes (legal entity Pylam Products Company, Inc.) is a privately held U.S. supplier of industrial dyes, pigments, and colorants founded in 1919 in Manhattan, New York and now operating from a single facility in Tempe, Arizona. The company sells into more than 20 distinct end-market verticals — including adhesives, agriculture, automotive, candles and waxes, cleaning products, food/drug/cosmetics, hair care, household-industrial-institutional (HI&I), inks, laboratory and research, leak tracing, lubricants, natural colorants, non-destructive testing, oil field, optical brighteners, paints/coatings/stains, paper, pet/animal care, and plastics — organized around seven core colorant chemistries (acid, basic, direct, disperse, lake pigments, pigments, and solvent dyes).

The underlying business model combines catalog-style one-pound-minimum shipments of commodity colorants with custom blending services, in which Pylam mixes dyes and pigments to customer-specified shades under in-house quality control. The company holds direct U.S. FDA lot certification for colorants used in food, drug, and cosmetic applications, which is the principal regulatory anchor of its offering. Pylam markets itself as a global supplier, fulfilling most orders within 1-2 business days from the Arizona headquarters and shipping directly to customers worldwide through a website-led B2B funnel that includes sample request forms and an online color selection tool.

Revenue mechanics are quote-based with no public pricing, and the company derives income from both product sales (one-time purchases) and custom color-matching/blending services. The headcount is small (11-50 employees), there are no disclosed funding rounds, institutional investors, parent companies, M&A activity, or named executive leadership in the source data, and the company has operated as an independent private entity continuously for over a century.

Name

Pylam Dyes

Legal name

Pylam Products Company, Inc.

Website

https://pylamdyes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pylam Dyes is a privately held U.S. supplier of industrial dyes, pigments, and colorants founded in 1919, serving B2B customers across 20-plus industries from a single facility in Tempe, Arizona, with FDA-certified colorants and custom blending services shipped globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Dyes and Pigments

NAICS

Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (32513), Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (325130)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAEAHAJ

Pigments & Dyes

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Chemicals & Industrial Materials/Paints, Inks & Colorants

SECONDARYAFAJAEAC

Synthetic/Artificial Colorants (FD&C Dyes, Lake Pigments)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Ingredients & Additives/Colors & Colorants (Natural/Artificial, Caramel Color)

SECONDARYAFAJAEAE

Color Lakes & Pigment Preparations (Aluminum Lakes, Encapsulated Pigments)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Ingredients & Additives/Colors & Colorants (Natural/Artificial, Caramel Color)

SECONDARYAFAJAEAF

Color Blends & Formulation Systems (Standardized Blends, Shade Matching)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Ingredients & Additives/Colors & Colorants (Natural/Artificial, Caramel Color)

SECONDARYAFAJAEAH

Application-Specific Color Solutions (Beverage, Dairy, Confectionery, Bakery, Savory, Pet Food)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Ingredients & Additives/Colors & Colorants (Natural/Artificial, Caramel Color)

SECONDARYIMAEAHAK

Color Masterbatches & Dispersions

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Chemicals & Industrial Materials/Paints, Inks & Colorants

SECONDARYIMAEAHAL

Color Matching, Tinting & Colorant Systems

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Chemicals & Industrial Materials/Paints, Inks & Colorants

SECONDARYCRABABAD

Hair Color & Bleaching

Consumer Products & Retail/Beauty & Personal Care/Haircare

SECONDARYCRADAOAG

Colors & Color Systems (Natural/Artificial, Caramel Colors)

Consumer Products & Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Manufacturing & Brands/CPG Ingredients, Flavorings & Additives Brands

Keywords

• Industrial dyes
• Color pigments
• Custom color blending
• FDA certified colorants
• Specialty colorants

Headquarters

HQ city

Tempe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dye and Pigment Sales: Pylam generates revenue through the sale of dyes, pigments, and colorants to B2B customers. Products are sold in various package sizes starting at one pound, including commodity items and custom-made blends designed to satisfy exacting specifications.
2. Custom Color Blending Services: Revenue from custom blending services where Pylam mixes dyes and colorants to match specific customer shade requirements. Custom-blended colorants undergo rigorous quality controls.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pylam Dyes manufactures and supplies dyes, pigments, lake pigments, and natural colorants to B2B customers across more than 20 industry verticals including adhesives, automotive, cleaning products, food/drugs/cosmetics, plastics, inks, lubricants, and laboratory research. The company sells standard catalog products and offers custom color blending services that mix dyes to match specific customer shade requirements, with all operations and quality control conducted in-house at their Tempe, Arizona facility. Package sizes start at one pound, and most orders ship within 1–2 business days globally.

Product overview

Pylam Dyes is an industry-leading supplier of dyes, pigments, and colorants founded in 1919, serving the global marketplace with products for over 20 industry applications. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio organized around two main product lines: industry-specific colorants (Adhesives, Agriculture, Automotive, Candles & Waxes, Cleaning Products, Food/Drug/Cosmetics, Hair, HI&I, Indicators, Industrial Applications, Inks, Laboratory & Research, Leak Tracing, Lubricants, Natural Colorants, Non-Destructive Testing, Oil Field, Optical Brighteners, Paints/Coatings/Stains, Paper Products, Pet & Animal Care, and Plastics) and six core colorant types (Acid Dyes, Basic Dyes, Direct Dyes, Disperse Dyes, Lake Pigments, Pigments, and Solvent Dyes). All operations are concentrated in their Tempe, Arizona headquarters where they maintain complete inventory of every product, perform quality control in-house, and offer custom blending services with rapid order fulfillment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food, Drug & Cosmetics Colorants FDA-certified dyes and lake pigments for food, drug, and cosmetics manufacturers, with lot certification obtained directly from the US FDA. Includes custom-blended certified colorants for reaching specific shades.
• Adhesives Dyes Solvent dyes, water and alcohol soluble dyes, and epoxy pigments for manufacturers of epoxies, cements, cyanoacrylates, and glues used in adhesive and sealant applications.
• Agriculture Dyes Herbicidal dyes, fertilizer dyes, pond and waterscape dyes used to signal spray coverage and assess re-spraying needs for agricultural applications including algae control.
• Automotive Dyes Dyes and colorants for automotive product manufacturers producing antifreeze, windshield washer fluid, soaps, cleansers, washes, polishes, waxes, and deicers.
• Candles & Waxes Dyes Highly-concentrated dyes for soy, beeswax, gel, paraffin, citronella, religious and ceremonial candles, lamp oils, and kerosene candle and wax applications.
• Cleaning Products Dyes Colorants, pigments, and dyes for soaps, detergents, household cleaners, and industrial and commercial cleansers, providing full-spectrum color for product differentiation.
• Hair Dyes Acid, basic, and disperse dyes for permanent, semi-permanent, and temporary hair coloring products spanning Halloween sprays, salon products, and punk-rock colors.
• Household, Industrial & Institutional (HI&I) Dyes Full-spectrum dyes for household, industrial, and institutional products including fragrance sprays, reed dispersions, sanitizers, laundry products, and cleaning products.
• Indicators pH indicators and reagents for water treatment, cleaning and sanitation products, and laboratory analyses including Phenolphthalein, Methyl Red, and Phenol Red, used in products requiring color change to indicate substance presence or concentration.
• Industrial Application Dyes Wide range of liquid and powder dyes for various industrial applications, available in water-soluble and solvent-soluble formulations.
• Inks Dyes Ink-grade dyes for markers, printers, ink jets, toners, and security inks including acid, direct, and solvent dyes for use in checks and security applications.
• Laboratory & Research Dyes Dyes for laboratory research and proof-of-concept studies including cellular stains, histology stains, counter stains, and specific dyes used in Simons Stains and protein stain analyses.
• Leak Tracing Dyes Brightly colored leak detection dyes and water tracing dyes used in plumbing, reservoirs, hydraulic systems, water systems, and oil systems for facilities and leak detection applications.
• Lubricants Dyes Oil-soluble and water-soluble dyes for lubrication functions, providing consistent lot-to-lot color for lubricant products.
• Natural Colorants Natural and eco-friendly colorants including beet juice powder, red cabbage powder, carmine, annatto, beta carotene, saffron, turmeric extract, and spirulina for food, beverages, cleaning products, and cosmetics.
• Non-Destructive Testing Colorants Water-soluble and solvent-soluble fluorescent colorants for non-destructive testing of products including crack inspection and coating application verification, visible under natural light and blacklight.
• Oil Field Dyes Colorants for oil and gas drilling applications including leak tracing between water wells and ground material differentiation, tested for oil and gas drilling environments.
• Optical Brighteners Fluorescent whitening agents for detergents, soaps, lubricating oils, waxes, paper products, and plastics including Fluorescent Brightener 28, 61, 184, 185, 220, and 351.
• Paints, Coatings & Stains Dyes Dyes and pigments for wood stains, water-based and oil paints, acrylic paints, cement stains, and anodizing applications.
• Paper & Paper Products Dyes Basic dyes, acid dyes, and customized color blends for tissue paper, recycled paper, and cardboard manufacturing.
• Pet & Animal Care Dyes FDA-certified colorants for pet food, treats, drugs, and grooming products that align with regulatory best practices.
• Plastics Dyes Solvent dyes and colorants for PVC, optical lenses, acrylic, plastic filaments, nylon, polyester resins, polyamide, polypropylene, polycarbonate, and ABS plastic applications.
• Acid Dyes Water-soluble dyes characterized by acidic molecular groups, used for protein fibers, synthetic nylon, soaps, and detergents. Classes include acid-leveling, acid-milling, and metal complex acid dyes.
• Basic Dyes Positively charged cationic colorants with amino groups used for plastics, acrylics, paints, paper products, hair dyes, and industrial products.
• Direct Dyes Water-soluble colorants for cellulose fibers, nylon, silk, wool, paper, and leather, commonly used in hot water bath applications.
• Disperse Dyes Low water solubility dyes used at high temperatures for synthetic fibers including polyester, nylon, acrylic, and acetate rayon.
• Lake Pigments Pigments formed by combining dyes with metallic salt mordants (alumina hydrate for FDA lakes), used for food, drugs, cosmetics, and plastics applications.
• Pigments Water and oil insoluble colorants for plastics, cosmetics, industrial equipment, and paints, categorized as organic or inorganic pigments.
• Solvent Dyes Dyes soluble in organic solvents or plastics, used for petroleum products, candles, waxes, inks, wood stains, coatings, and plastics including PVC.
• Custom Color Blending Services Custom color blending service where Pylam mixes dyes and colorants to match most any shade and impart unique properties to products, with consistent quality control ensuring the same shade each time. Package sizes start at one pound even for custom blends.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most orders ship within one to two business days, even custom blends
• +1 more outcomes

Segments20 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sensient Technologies Corporation: Sensient Technologies is a global manufacturer of colors, flavors, and fragrances with a substantial specialty dyes and natural colors portfolio serving food, cosmetics, and industrial customers. It is the most directly comparable peer given Pylam's FDA-certified colorants and food/drug/cosmetics segment.
• Day-Glo Color Corp (RPM International): Day-Glo is a leading manufacturer of daylight fluorescent and conventional pigments used in plastics, coatings, inks, cosmetics, and HI&I applications. Comparable to Pylam in its pigment offerings across multiple consumer and industrial end markets.
• Chromatech Incorporated: Chromatech supplies water-based and specialty colorants/dyes for plastics, HI&I, agricultural, and industrial markets. It is highly comparable to Pylam in product breadth and customer verticals served, with similar concentration and custom-blending capabilities.
• Royce Global: Royce Global produces a wide range of dyes, pigments, colorants, and chemical specialties for food, personal care, plastics, and industrial applications. Comparable to Pylam as a multi-vertical specialty dye and color solutions provider with custom color matching.
• Organic Dyes and Pigments (ORCO): ORCO is a US-based specialty manufacturer of dyes, pigments, and pigment dispersions serving paper, textile, ink, plastic, coatings, and HI&I markets — directly overlapping Pylam's acid/basic/direct/solvent dye and pigment categories across multiple industrial verticals.
• DCL Corporation (Dominion Colour Corporation): DCL Corporation manufactures high-performance pigments and pigment preparations for plastics, coatings, inks, and specialty applications. Its pigment preparation activities directly mirror Pylam's pigment and lake offerings to plastics, paints, and cosmetics customers.

Broad incumbents

• LANXESS AG: LANXESS operates a Material Protection Products and a legacy dyes/pigments business (historically including leather and textile dyes) serving industrial customers worldwide. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Pylam in dye chemistry but with far larger scale and portfolio breadth.
• Clariant AG: Clariant is a large global specialty chemicals company whose Pigments and Color Materials businesses produce dyes and pigments for plastics, coatings, inks, and consumer care. It competes broadly with Pylam in many of the same verticals but at significantly greater scale.
• Emerald Performance Materials: Emerald manufactures specialty chemicals including dyes, colorants, and additives for food, personal care, and industrial applications. Comparable to Pylam as a specialty colorants supplier with FDA-regulated product offerings.
• Sun Chemical / DIC Corporation: Sun Chemical (part of DIC Corporation) is a global leader in printing inks, pigments, and color materials serving packaging, publishing, and industrial markets. It overlaps with Pylam in pigments and ink dyes, though at much broader portfolio and scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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